The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the UK's independent music venues.
Fender was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his new release the album was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots had in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
He also joined in, generating over £100k on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation supported venues that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues received funding support in upgrading facilities and gear that helped artists and audiences.
"The idea that funds from concerts in big venues helps the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the award in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Cocker announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity the charity.
In 2002, musician the artist split her award between multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," she told outlets.
Two years ago, the band gave their funds to the community center that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year M People contributed their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," said artist the singer. "The money was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and the second in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
